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Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts tied a season high with four hits during a 12-6 win Thursday at Toronto. He has totaled four hits three times this season.

Bogaerts opened the scoring with an RBI single in the top of the first inning. He added another single in the fourth and sixth innings before recording his second RBI on his fourth single of the game in the top of the seventh. He had one run in the game.

Bogaerts has been on a steady offensive run since May 31. He has a .341/.463/.821 slash line in his last 30 games. He has one home run, 12 doubles, 19 RBI, 15 runs, three walks, 19 strikeouts and two stolen bases in that span.

Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford hit his 11th home run of the season in Wednesday's loss to the Marlins.

Crawford hit a solo blast off Marlins starter Dan Haren in the sixth inning. He finished the game 1 for 4 with a RBI.

Over his last six games, Crawford is hitting .273 with six hits, two doubles, two home runs and five RBI.

Marlins center fielder Dee Gordon went 1 for 4 with a RBI in his team's win over the Giants on Wednesday.

Gordon hit his fourth triple of the season in a three-run third inning for the Marlins. With the hit, Gordon extended his hitting streak to 12 games.

Over his 12 game hit streak, Gordon is hitting .333 with 18 hits, four doubles, two triples and four RBI.

Astros shortstop Carlos Correa is getting the first day off of his young career, as he is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game with the Royals. Correa had started each of the 22 games since being called up on June 8.

But after going hitless in back-to-back games for the first time, Correa will start Wednesday's game on the bench. Marwin Gonzalez will get the start at shortstop, batting eighth on Wednesday.

Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor received his first day off Wednesday against the Rays since entering the starting lineup June 16. Mike Aviles stepped in at shortstop in place of Lindor, who made his MLB debut on June 14.

Lindor is mired in a 1-for-15 slump in his last four games, dropping his average to .211 in 15 games. He has one double, one home run and five RBI.

Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed homered for the second straight game during Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Dodgers. Ahmed connected for a two-run homer off Carlos Frias in the fourth inning for his sixth home run.

Ahmed has been on a nice power surge, homering three times in his last eight games. He is batting. 295 with a .492 slugging percentage and .840 OPS in his last 18 games. He has three doubles, three home runs, nine RBI, eight runs, five walks and two stolen bases in that span.

It took 74 games but Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon finally did it. 

In Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Giants, Gordon hit his first home run of the season. It was an especially important homer, as it scored three runs in the second inning. It was Gordon's only hit of the night as he finished the game 1 for 5. 

Gordon now has a slash line of .351/.370/.429. 

The Giants have recalled infielder Ehire Adrianza from Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday. Adrianza has been hitting well with the River Cats, batting .316 with three home runs and 15 RBI in 44 games.

Adrianza spent 53 games with the Giants in 2014, batting .237 with six doubles in 97 at-bats.

He replaces Casey McGehee on the active roster. McGehee was designated for assignment on Tuesday.

Diamondbacks second baseman Chris Owings had a nice night at the plate on Monday, as he went 2 for 4 with a double and two runs scored in the 10-6 win over the Dodgers. 

The 23-year-old infielder has been struggling lately at the plate, and is batting .204 with three RBI over his last 15 games.

Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed crushed his fifth home run of the season in Monday night's 10-6 win over the Dodgers. 

Ahmed finished the game 2 for 4 with a single, two RBI and two strikeouts. Ahmed is now hitting .306 over his past 10 games. For the season, his slash line is .233/.303/.348.